- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 16 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans exist to extend the monitoring system of annual condition surveys on trunk roads to include non-trunk roads.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has no plans to extend the monitoring system of annual condition surveys on trunk roads to include non-trunk roads. Responsibility for non-trunk roads, including carrying out surveys of non-trunk roads lies with each council as the local roads authority for its area. The Scottish Executive fully supports the Society of Chief Officers of Transport in Scotland's plans to carry out a condition survey of the local road network across Scotland, which is to be launched shortly.
- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 16 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the work of the Digital Scotland pathfinder projects will lead to improved broadband access for businesses in rural areas.
Answer
Aggregated procurement is a new approach to telecoms procurement and the two pathfinder projects will be the first test. The aim of the projects is to secure an affordable solution for the Public sector. By bundling demand in this way it is hoped that this will encourage more investment in infrastructure than would otherwise be the case and potentially establish a base for future wider provision of services to business and consumers.
- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 8 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive when the study into the Glasgow and Edinburgh airport rail links will be completed given that Strathclyde Passenger Transport has announced it is beginning plans for the introduction of a rail link between Glasgow city centre and Glasgow airport.
Answer
The consultants' final report is expected in the autumn.
- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 08 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 7 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive when the replanting of trees will begin at the foot-and-mouth disease burial site at Birkshaw Forest, Lockerbie.
Answer
Discussions are currently taking place with Castlemilk Estate about the possibility of some limited replanting of trees at Birkshaw Forest in the current planting season. This would be a welcome development in helping return the site to its former use less than a year since the site was operational during the foot-and-mouth disease epidemic.
- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 2 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether plans to introduce national motorways, trunk and ring road tolls in England and Wales as published by the UK Minister for Transport, Local Government and the Regions will be extended to Scotland.
Answer
No. The legislative framework which applies in Scotland is quite different from that in England and Wales.
- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 30 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to motion S1M-2703 as agreed by the Parliament on 7 February 2002, whether its assessment of the effect of the trunk road maintenance contracts on local roads maintenance has been completed.
Answer
In order to establish a continuing process of assessment, my officials have established a standing quarterly meeting with representatives of SCOTS (Society of Chief Officers of Transportation Scotland). They have received information on initial impacts on local authority staffing and capabilities but will continue to review the situation over the next year.
- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 24 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many liquefied petroleum refuelling points there are.
Answer
Information on liquefied petroleum outlets across the UK can be accessed on the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Association website:
www.lpga.co.uk. The Scottish Executive does not maintain statistics on this matter.
- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 22 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the installation of the Train Protection Warning System at signals on the rail network is near completion.
Answer
This is an operational matter for Railtrack. I understand that the installation of TPWS in Scotland is scheduled for completion in early 2003.
- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 15 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 2 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any jobs will be created in Dumfries and Galloway as a result of the roll out of omne communication ltd's services.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-23808 on 20 March 2002.
- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 15 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 2 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive when omne communication ltd's facilities will be fully operational in Dumfries and Galloway.
Answer
Omne communications ltd, currently, have no plans to build an office in Dumfries and Galloway. Rollout of broadband services to Dumfries and Galloway is planned for early 2003.
